SoCal CTO

MAY 17, 2011

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Los Angeles Southern California Startup Angel 188

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AUGUST 20, 2009

Slacker is venture backed by Austin Ventures, Centennial Ventures, Mission Ventures, Rho Ventures, and Sevin Rosen Funds. The firm operates a personalized Internet radio service, which is tied to both a Web-based music player and a hardware device tied to Slacker's web service.

Report 124

Report Mission Ventures San Diego Web 124

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

The firm said the new round is a Series B, and comes from investors Intel Capital, Mission Ventures, Valhalla Partnes, and Windward Ventures. Nirvanix operates a cloud-based storage service, which offers up data storage via a web-based API.

Windward 153

Windward S3 Mission Ventures San Diego 153

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APRIL 20, 2009

Los Angeles-based Sodahead , the online question and answer site backed by Mission Ventures, Mohr Davidow Ventures, and the Tech Coast Angels, said Monday that it has tied together in a strategic partnership with Technorati. Financial details of the partnership were ot disclosed. READ MORE>>.

Tech Coast Angels 133

Tech Coast Angels Mission Ventures Social Network Blogging 133

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NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Previously, customers had to go to T-Mobile or Slacker's web site to download the application. The firm is venture backed by Austin Ventures, Centennial Ventures, Mission Ventures, Rho Ventures, and Sevin Rosen Funds. READ MORE>>.

Mobile 133

Mobile Mission Ventures San Diego Web 133

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

San Diego-based KidZui , the web browser startup aiming at the children's market, said Wendesday that it has upgraded its software, launching KidZui K2. The firm, which is backed by Mission Ventures, Emergence Capital Partners, First Round Capital, Maveron, and the Scholastic Corporation, said the new K2 browser is faster and simpler to use.

Mission Ventures 133

Mission Ventures Education San Diego Screening 133

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

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Layoffs 159

Layoffs Woodland Hills Southern California Orange County 159

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NOVEMBER 11, 2008

Sodahead.com, which operates a web site where users can ask and answer questions, share opinions, and network with other users, said that it has now recorded more than 5 million votes and 8 million comments on the site. in venture funding since its launch in September of 2007.

Tech Coast Angels 113

Tech Coast Angels Mission Ventures Sites Web 113

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 20, 2009

This is the beginning of a content community that collects and organizes the best content from blogs and web sites. I'm happy to announce the launch of the Los Angeles Tech Content Community. The goal is to create a place where it's relatively easy to find current content and highly relevant content surrounding Los Angeles Technology.

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Angel Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 150

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JUNE 11, 2009

VMIX said that Scion will launch a new web site, www.ScionAV.com , using the firm's media management and delivery tools. VMIX is venture backed by JK&B Capital and ATA Ventures, Mission Ventures and Enterprise Partners. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

Mission Ventures 100

Mission Ventures Enterprise Partners San Diego Web 100

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FEBRUARY 11, 2009

Encino-based SodaHead.com , the venture backed, online questions-and-answers site, has swizzled its web site, saying this week that it has redesigned its site to make it easier for its users to find topics. SodaHead.com is venture backed by Mission Ventures, Mohr Davidow Ventures, and the Tech Coast Angels; the firm raised $8.4M

Sites 113

Sites Tech Coast Angels Encino Mission Ventures 113

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MAY 14, 2009

According to LeisureLink, the resort has implemented its booking engine on its web site. LeisureLink provides online travel booking software used by vacation rental and specialty lodging operators, and is venture backed by Mission Ventures and Clearstone Venture Partners. READ MORE>>.

Silver Lake 100

Silver Lake Clearstone Mission Ventures Pasadena 100

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Demand offers up a network of online, content driven web sites--plus a healthy domain name registration business--and has garnered lots of attention for specifically creating content for search engines. Venture backers : Mohr Davidow Ventures, Mission Ventures, Tech Coast Angels, Ron Conway. www.cocodot.com).

Startup 178

Startup Tech Coast Angels Demand News 178

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

San Diego-based VMIX, a provider of video publishing tools for web publishers, said today that the firm has shuffled its executive staff and delivered a new version of its VMIX Player. The company is venture backed by ATA Ventures, Enterprise Partners, JK&B Capital, and Mission Ventures. READ MORE>>

CTO Hire 100

CTO Hire Mission Ventures Enterprise Partners San Diego 100

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JUNE 8, 2009

According to RotoHog, it will build free and paid online fantasy games for football, basketball, hockey, golf and motor sports for Sporting News, to be featured on the publication's web site. RotoHog is headed by Kelly Perdew, and is venture backed by Allen & Co, DFJ DragonFund, Mission Ventures and Sports Capital Partners Worldwide.

News 100

News Mission Ventures Content Web 100

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JULY 15, 2009

The firm said that South Carolina-based Fuel Interactive has been using the firm's video players and widgets, as part of the creation of 30 tourism-related web sites based in that state. The firm is backed by JK&B Capital, ATA Ventures, Mission Ventures and Enterprise Partners. READ MORE>>.

Mission Ventures 100

Mission Ventures Enterprise Partners San Diego Advertising 100

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DECEMBER 11, 2008

Pasadena-based Big Stage Entertainment , which develops 3D avatar technology, said today that it has partnered with video game company GGL Global Gaming, to provide free game content on its web site. According to Big Stage, the deal will allow users on the site to insert the firm's 3D avatars into game photos and videos. READ MORE>>

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Mission Ventures USC Social Network 100

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MARCH 6, 2009

According to RotoHog, it will operate a fantasy game for the tour, which will be available through AVP's web site. RotoHog is venture backed by Allen & Co, DFJ DragonFund, Mission Ventures and Sports Capital Partners Worldwide. Financial impact of the deal was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

Mission Ventures 100

Mission Ventures Content Web Los Angeles 100

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Webtide was self-funded, and was headed by Adam Lieber, who has previously been at Gluecode and Mission Ventures. Jetty is very widely used in web servers and software applications, including HP OpenView, Zimbra, Hadoop, Google AppEngine, Oracle WebLogic, and other enterprise software. The firm was profitable. READ MORE>>.

Java 100

Java Oracle Mission Ventures Google 100

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DECEMBER 10, 2008

According to the firm, it will make its technology available via a program called PortableYou, to enable third parties to integrate the technology into video games, virtual worlds, web sites, mobile applications, and more. Big Stage is backed by Mission Ventures, Selby Venture, and the Tech Coast Angels. READ MORE>>

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Mission Ventures Sample Pasadena 100

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APRIL 21, 2009

Nirvanix provides cloud-based storage which can be used by both Internet and web-based businesses, as well as enterprises; the firm recently hired a VP of Sales from Brocade, and in October rolled out CloudNAS, software which creates a network-attached-storage device based entirely on the firm's Internet-based cloud storage API.

Windward 100

Windward SaaS Mission Ventures San Diego 100

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

The "best of show" prize went to Magnify360, which develops software for optimizing content and web sites for specific users. Magnify360 was voted the best investment opportunity by both venture capitalist audience members and panelists.

Southern California 100

Southern California Conference SoCal Startup 100

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JULY 20, 2009

Adam also had a stint at Mission Ventures, and ran worldwide sales for open source middleware at IBM. We caught up with Webtide to learn more about the firm's open source web server software, Jetty. One of the firm's co-founders, Adam Lieber , is now the founder and CEO of Webtide (www.webtide.com), which is also based here.

IBM 100

IBM IBM Mission Ventures Venture Capital 100

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

He just pounded out design and code for a few weeks and got Plancast up on the web and users adopting his product right away. In Los Angeles we are at a disadvantage because the founder(s) often have no experience in building consumer web applications. It’s a chicken and egg problem.

Companies 111

Companies Company Startup Twiistup 111

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MARCH 26, 2009

We saw that the company was starting to have some potential to take venture capital, and got a little more involved, recognizing the need to step up management. The board asked me to jump in, and I did, working with Ted Alexander and Jim Armstrong, of Mission Ventures and Clearstone Ventures, respectively.

Startup 113

Startup Platform Clearstone Content 113

Xconomy

OCTOBER 30, 2016

With over 15,000 square-feet of space, the facility has room for dozens of startup teams, and already houses Industry, a Web-based professional networking and job market for the hospitality industry, and the San Diego office of OurCrowd, the Israeli crowdfunding platform. It’s really cool.”. Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

San Diego 40

San Diego Incubator Avalon Mentor 40